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Eight Hornets named to GISA all star teams
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Eight former Westfield
athletes and three coaches
are headed to the Georgia
Independent Schools Asso
ciation all star games at
First Presbyterian Day
School in Macon July 22-
23.
The two basketball
games, along with the foot
ball game, feature recent
graduates of GISA member
schools.
Westfield Athletic Direc
tor Ronnie Jones
announced this week that
Laura Posey will play for
the South girls squad in
the July 22 basketball
game at 6:30 p.m. She will
be Joined by her former
high school coach, Billy
Sellers, who will be the
assistant coach for the
South team.
In the second game of
the night, former Hornets
Brian Hartley and Robert
Causey will play for the
South all star squad.
The next evening. Jones
and one of the Hornet
assistant football coaches,.
Jamie Watson, will direct
the South football team in
an 8 p.m. game.
Playing for the South
squad will be former Hor
nets Chad Ekey, Matthew
Lee, Trevor Jones, Robbie
Heaton and Jarred Shell.
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Every other year, mem
ber schools of the Georgia
High School Association
realign themselves in an
effort to keep schools of
about the same size in com
petition with each other.
Members of the GHSA
realignment committee
recently announced some
provisional realignments
ior schools for the period
2000-2002.
The changes will take
effect with the fall seasons
of the year 2000.
The changes involving
Perry High would cause the
Panthers to face east for all
of their region games.
The proposal calls for a
new Region 3-AA to include
Bleckley County, Dodge
County, Dublin. East Lau
rens, Harlem, Jefferson
County, Laney, Swains
boro, West Laurens and
Perry.
In recent years. Perry has
been in a region with Bleck
ley and Dodge counties,
and frequently with both
East and West Laurens.
Some alignments in the
past have pitted Perry
against Dublin.
Jefferson County was
created a few years ago
through the merger of
Louisville and Wrens. Laney
Just two months until high school football returns
It just doesn’t seem possible the
1999 high school football season
is just two months away. It’s true,
though.
The Georgia Independent
School Association opens on Aug.
27, while the Georgia High School
Association kicks off the 1999 sea
son with the annual Corky Kell
Classic at the Georgia Dome on
Aug. 28.
The same eight teams will par
ticipate in the Kell Classic as last
year, but there is a slight change
in pairings. In AAAA, Brookwood
and Parkview, both of region 8-
AAAA, exchange opponents from a
year ago. In 1998, Brookwood
beat Colquitt County 21-16, while
Parkview lost to McEachem 32-7.
This year. Parkview plays
Colquitt County while Brookwood
will meet McEachem.
In the other two games, the
opponents remain the same.
Thomas County Central will again
meet Dacula in a battle of class
AAA powers, while AA state cham
pion Carrollton is back to meet
Elbert County.
In 1998, ©acuta «hut out
Thomas County 18-0, and Carroll
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is in Richmond County
while Harlem is between
Thomson and Augusta in
Columbia County.
Pinal decisions on align
ment will take place during
October. The committee is
receiving appeals from vari
ous schools for changes
baset&Hfspecial considera
tions. Alignment is based
on enrollment. AA includes
schools of about 600 to
about 1,075 students.
Perry has about 1,040 stu
dents.
Traditionally, few of
those appeals have been
accepted, according to
GHSA sources.
Other GHSA member
schools in Houston County
will also be affected by the
change.
Houston County, Warner
Robins and Northside have
all been in Region 2-AAAA
for several years with Bibb
County schools, Baldwin
County and several Rich
mond County schools.
Because of changing
enrollment figures, only
one of the Bibb County
schools will remain in
AAAA, Westside.
The proposal for a new 3-
AAAA region calls for the
three Houston County
schools to be joined by
Baldwin, Carver of Colum
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ton beat Elbert 37-14 to open their
state title run.
With the coming of a new sea
son, we turn our attention to the
career records of some outstand
ing Georgia prep coaches. Some of
them will move up on the list of
career victories.
Dan Pitts, of course, heads the
list. The retired Maiy Persons
coach ended a brilliant career with
346 victories against just 109
losses and four ties. Pitts, though,
could muster just one state cham
pionship, that in 1982.
Another retired coach. Bill
Chappell, is second in career wins
with 317, but Larry Campbell of
Lincoln County will quickly pass
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LEAGUE CHAMPS The 1999 Perry
Recreation Department softball team,
Astros, completed a perfect 12-0 season.
The undefeated team finished the season
June 25 with a win over the Warner
Robins Recreation Department Angels.
The Astros, ages 11 and 12 years old,
averaged more than 14 runs per game
while holding their opponents to only 4
runs per game. The team is now prepar
ing for the post season county champi
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him and move into second place.
Campbell has 316 wins and eight
state championships at Lincoln
County. His teams have lost Just
43 times, with two ties. That’s the
most remarkable winning percent
age in Georgia football history.
Two other coaches, both
deceased, won more than 300
games. Wayman Creel finished
with 315 victories, and held the
state record for many years before
Pitts moved ahead of him. Creel
remains fourth on the all time
wins list. Nick Hyder, who died
unexpectedly while still coaching,
had 302 career wins.
Billy Henderson, who almost
came out or retirement to take a
job in Macon last year, has 286
wins. He is sixth on the list, while
Graham Hixon is seventh with
279 wins.
Wright Bazemore, the legendary
Valdosta coach who passed away
recently, is eighth with 268-wins,
but his spot will be taken by West
side's Robert Davis, who now has
267 wins. Davis won 253 games
at Warner Robins in 24 years,
while losing just 41. His Westside
team began varsity play In 1998,
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Schools in the Georgia
Independent Schools Asso
ciation will also undergo
realignment for the fall
onship tournament. It will be held July 6-
8 in Warner Robins. The Astros are seed
ed number one for the tournament. Team
members include (from left, back row)
Assistant Coach Kathy James, Ashtey
Fairfax, Head Coach Joe Hendrix, Nicole
Farr, Ashley Langston, Stacey Askew,
Ericha Fluellen, Ashley Lane, and Team
Mother Mellisa Langston. Not pictured
Krystal Arace.
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announcement of pending •
changes have not been
made public.
but five victories over varsity
teams in 1997 while playing an
otherwise non-varsity schedule,
were credited to Davis’ total, and
combined with nine victories in
1998, he now has 267. With three
typical Davis seasons,’ he could
reach 300 victories in 29 seasons!
Charlie Grisham, who retired in
1986, holds on to tenth place with
261 wins. There’s a good chance
that at least one coach can move
ahead of Grisham this season,
though. Bobby Gruhn, who
retired at Gainesville in 1992, has
255 wins, and he is in a tie with a
couple of active coaches.
Sort of, that is. One of them, T.
McFerrin, retired after the 1996
season, but was talked out of
retirement and took over at
South Gwinnett when Larry
Williamson retired following the
1997 season. McFerrin, who had
247 wins when tafretired, picked
SodidGreater AllantaCliriStian
Coach Jim Lofton, whose team
won eight regular season games
last year, ana'three more in the
playoffs.
McFerrin. if he stays on the Job,
Chad Ekey
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and Lofton, will likely move ahead
of Gruhn as soon as the 1999 sea
son gets under way.
There are no other coaches with
more than 250 wins.
Long-time RE. Lee coach Jim
Cavan recorded 248 wins before
retirement and his subsequent
death.
Getting close are John Hill of
Cedartown and Jim Hughes of
Colquitt County. Both Hill and
Hughes will probably have to wait
until the 2000 season to reach
250 wins.
Hill and Hughes appear to be
the only active coaches who will
reach 250 any time soon. The next
closest one is Tommy Stringer of
Loganville, whose 217 wins puts
him in a tie for 25th on the all
time list with the retired Max
Bass.
Former Peach County coach
Rodney Walker, who also
{coached at West Rome iand
Stephens County, has 213 asshe
takes over at Sandy Creek this
season. Dwight Hochstetler of
Bowden also begins the year at
213. Hochstetler has lost Just 54
games.
ALLTEL, Coldwell
Banker take
Ochlahatchee
league titles
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Ranker flalynpA titles jn file
major and minor league title
games at Ochlahatchee
Park last week.
ALLTEL swept Tolleson in
two games to win the best of
three series for the major
league title for beys 11-12.
In the first game. Alltel,
winner of the second half of
the season, downed Toße
son, winner of the first half
of the season, 7-5.
The second game was
just as close as Alltel eked
out a 6-5 win over Tolleson
for the championship.
In the first game, Josh
O’Neal picked up the win
with the three innings he
pitched. Jordy Stokes
helped the cause with two
singles and three runs
scored.
Stephen James 'had a
single, doubly an RBI and
scored a run for ALLTEL.
Ryan Crum chipped in with
a solo home run.
Daniel Bledsoe had a sin
gle and two RBI for Tolleson.
Bruce Vance had a single,
an RBI and scored a run.
Stephen James picked up
the win in the title game
with three innings in relief.
Corey Jones had a single,
an RBI and scored. Biyan
Duckworth added a single
and also scored for the win
ners. '
Tolleson was led by Josh
Davidson with a single, an
RBI and a run scored.
Dusty Denton had a double
and an RBI.
In the minor league title
game, ColdweU Banker, first
half winner, downed Bank
of Perry 13-8 for the title.
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strikeouts for the win.
Jonathon Gentry had a
double and three RBI.
Anthony Nelson scored
twice, had two RBI, and
Matt Warren scored three
times for the winners.
Sullivan Deyaxnpert had
two doubles and three RBI
for BOP. Zach Young had
two singles and scored three
times.
Bank of Perry swept
Chapman and Rogers CPA
9-3 in seven innings for the
second half championship
of the minor league for boys
9-10.
Sullivan Deyaxnpert was
the winning pitcher with
nine strikeouts. Joseph
Barron had two singles, a
double and three RBI while
Cohen Carpenter had a sin
gle, an RBI and scored three
times.
Bryan Woodard led Chap
man and Rogers with a dou
ble and an RBI.